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authorjmc@openbsd.org@openbsd.org <jmc@openbsd.org@openbsd.org>2017-10-25 06:19:46 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2017-10-31 09:08:50 +1100
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tweak the uri text, specifically removing some markup to make it a bit more readable; issue reported by - and diff ok - millert OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 8b56a20208040b2d0633536fd926e992de37ef3f
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@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.75 2017/10/21 23:06:24 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.76 2017/10/25 06:19:46 jmc Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 21 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 25 2017 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
.Nd secure copy (remote file copy program)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm scp
-.Bk -words
.Op Fl 346BCpqrv
.Op Fl c Ar cipher
.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@
.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
.Op Fl P Ar port
.Op Fl S Ar program
-.Ar source ...
-.Ar target
+.Ar source ... target
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
copies files between hosts on a network.
@@ -42,15 +40,18 @@ will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
authentication.
.Pp
The
-.Ar target
+.Ar source
and
-.Ar destination
+.Ar target
may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host with optional path
in the form
-.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host Ns : Ns Oo Ar path Oc ,
-or an scp URI in the form
-.No scp:// Ns Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host Ns
-.Oo : Ns Ar port Oc Ns Oo / Ns Ar path Oc .
+.Sm off
+.Oo user @ Oc host : Op path ,
+.Sm on
+or a URI in the form
+.Sm off
+.No scp:// Oo user @ Oc host Oo : port Oc Op / path .
+.Sm on
Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames
to avoid
.Nm